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4.0
honestly, i wasn't expecting to enjoy this and was just reading it to feed my superiority complex, but it was honestly so good?
hecuba and andromache were phenomonal, trojan women was slightly less good (but still great), but cassandra's speech is just *chef's kiss*.
i cannot for the life of me work out if euripedes was a feminist (for his time) or misogynist, because honestly there are such contradictory messages??
it was actually really entertaining. hermione and andromache's dialogue was really funny, i thought (probably wasn't meant to be, oh well), and the stories are really good, centring on the impact of war and obviously some bad ass morally grey women (my favourite kind).
anyway, i would read again, and i'm probably going to try some more euripedes soon. this was my first attempt at an ancient greek text, but this translation wasn't difficult to understand. a solid 4 star read, maybe 4.5
hecuba and andromache were phenomonal, trojan women was slightly less good (but still great), but cassandra's speech is just *chef's kiss*.
i cannot for the life of me work out if euripedes was a feminist (for his time) or misogynist, because honestly there are such contradictory messages??
it was actually really entertaining. hermione and andromache's dialogue was really funny, i thought (probably wasn't meant to be, oh well), and the stories are really good, centring on the impact of war and obviously some bad ass morally grey women (my favourite kind).
anyway, i would read again, and i'm probably going to try some more euripedes soon. this was my first attempt at an ancient greek text, but this translation wasn't difficult to understand. a solid 4 star read, maybe 4.5
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